expendre

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əksˈpɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əksˈpən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [eksˈpen.dɾe]

Verb

expendre (first-person singular present expenc, first-person singular preterite expenguí, past participle expès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to retail
2. (transitive) to circulate, to spread

Conjugation

    Conjugation of expendre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			expendre
gerund			expenent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		expès		expesa
		plural		expesos		expeses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	expenc	expens	expèn	expenem	expeneu	expenen
	imperfect	expenia	expenies	expenia	expeníem	expeníeu	expenien
	future	expendré	expendràs	expendrà	expendrem	expendreu	expendran
	preterite	expenguí	expengueres	expengué	expenguérem	expenguéreu	expengueren
	conditional	expendria	expendries	expendria	expendríem	expendríeu	expendrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	expengui	expenguis	expengui	expenguem	expengueu	expenguin
	imperfect	expengués	expenguessis	expengués	expenguéssim	expenguéssiu	expenguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	expèn	expengui	expenguem	expeneu	expenguin
	negative (no)	—	no expenguis	no expengui	no expenguem	no expengueu	no expenguin

Further reading

• “expendre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “expendre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “expendre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “expendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.